Includes bibliographical references and index

Sealed with blood -- Beginnings: a very American gospel -- The American exodus -- Polygamy then and now -- Redefinig the kingdom of God -- Almost mainstream -- Mormons, Inc. -- Some Latter-Day stars -- The power pyramid -- Families forever -- A peculiar people -- Rituals sacred and secret -- Two by two -- Saintly indoctrination -- Faithful history -- The gold bible -- Discovering "plain and precious things" -- "How God came to be God" -- Are Mormons Christians? Are non-Mormons christians? -- Rivals and antogonists -- Dissenters and exiles -- Mormonism in the twenty-first century

"In this candid examination of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one of America's leading religion journalists covers every aspect of this little-understood community of faith whose family values, business success, and evangelistic missions have helped it become one of the world's fastest growing religions." "In Mormon America, Richard Ostling picks up where his widely read 1997 Time magazine cover story, "Mormons, Inc.," left off, by illuminating the church's continuing surge in power and popularity. The Ostlings assemble through their reportage the complete story behind the most prosperous religious group in contemporary America."--BOOK JACKET

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